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Flew a guy out to Dubia from Aberdeen at the weekend for a job interview.
Made him an offer that gives the same base salary (which will not be taxable) along with a cost of living allowance plus he'll get a house and car provided along with a furniture allowance, medical insurance, annual flights home plus bonus opportunity.
He's come back and stated that the base salary is less than he was expecting.
FFS, what planet is he living on ?
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Made him an offer that gives the same base salary (which will not be taxable) along with a cost of living allowance plus he'll get a house and car provided along with a furniture allowance, medical insurance, annual flights home plus bonus opportunity.
He's come back and stated that the base salary is less than he was expecting.
FFS, what planet is he living on ?
Thoughts of the forum ........
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My thoughts are more detail is needed. Though I don't really care.
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what is he worth to you?.....that really is the question!
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anyway....feck him.....i will take the job for half of the salary that you offered him!
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provide more info
I personally would want a lot more money to live in that hell hole built on sand |
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Angoose may I apply for the job?
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Supply and demand, if he's not worth more, find someone else.
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I wouldn't be impressed that he said less than he was expecting without stating exactly what he wants, sounds like a spineless ditherer, move on...
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His girlfriend is pregnant (which was planned) and willl give up work.
He reckons that he'll be worse off under the new regime once she stops working. So what's he gonna do if he doesn't get the salary he expects ? Put the kid up for adoption and the girlfriend back to work ? |
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I don't agree Richard
I would want a bigger salary to up sticks and move to a different country/economy - especially one so insecure as Dubai |
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Dan, if you have the relevant experience then please feel free to apply.
Looking for a qualified management accountant. |
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I'm struggling to see in what way you're disagreeing with me....
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neither do I
:) just the way you write Angoose, you enjoying it out there? I remember you debating the move on here |
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might be worth having some initial talks about salary and expectations before, you fly the next one out ;)
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lol
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Dan does accountancy doesn't he?
I remember the discusiions about whether betf@ir was available in dubai |
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I'm a chartered accountant, but not a management accountant :_|
Not sure the heat would agree with me either :p |
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Is there any demand for layabouts in Dubai, I could do with a change of scenery?
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armchair jockey wilson!! 25 Jan 22:49
anyway....feck him.....i will take the job for half of the salary that you offered him lol :^0 The salery was 10k a year :p |
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larrence id take it!
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Its yours m8 ;)
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armchair jockey wilson!! 25 Jan 23:05
larrence id take it! Your company car is below as well m8, i will send you the keys in the post :^0 http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24312740.jpg |
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The package was made clear to the recruitment agency so I will have some questions for them in the morning.
Anyway, enjoying my life out here, don't particularly like Dubai but like my job and have met a lovely lady so could be worse. |
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good stuff Angoose
Make sure you keep the forum updated your film reviews are missed |
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Any other good jobs going out their angoose ???
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Looked through some cv's from an agency locally, a right mixed bag of nomads that Dubai attracts.
Interviewed one girl who was dreaming regarding her ability but she's gone and received a job offer for a Regional Financial Controller position with a commodities company. No way this girl is up to the job but she's got it, you don't have to be a star to get a star position out here. |
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what industry u recruiting for angoose?
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i might apply for a job out their as a camel jockey ;)
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Gas turbine / general engineering company, we predominantly have oil and gas clients on the turbine side but mixed on the engineering side.
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rowlocks - i'm financial services ...also a chartered accountant, i can't think y i wouldnt be able to do a mgmt accountant job!
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i might start telling fibs on my cv, as everyone else seems to do, i should be running a business in dubai 100k a year easily ;)
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i think lots of people embellish but u need to back it up with the chat .....then u gotta DO the job aswell!
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yeah the best way to get on in business is talk a good game, the key for alot of things is to have good people skills, nowdays so many have lack of that.
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yeah, big bs merchants go from one promotion to the next, without ever actually doing anything except lick arse.
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lol .. fancy asking an accountant to get out of their comfort zone ... and expect an answer (fiscal or otherwise) other than what you got :)
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He could well be right. He may already have a house and car to pay for in uk. He is not being relocated on a perma basis, he is accepting a secondment, right?
The tax free status is an uplift, but cost of living is higher when living as an expat, and it is not guarenteed if he does a short term, (which may happen out of his/your control). So unless your living allowance is extremely good where is the gain? I guess he also stands the risk on currency echange? It is also often he case that the hours are far longer than his uk equivilant job. And does he get paid trips back to uk, and does this include travel time paid. A lot of these jobs are sold to folk and they look good at first but dont always work out to be. I take it it is petrochem? |
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give me the job im a brit with accoutancy exp living in egypt, dubai would be much better form me.
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